Kalin Cogar is a Senior Attorney in the Albuquerque office handling civil litigation matters specifically the defense of bodily injury cases (auto, premises liability, products liability, construction, and landlord tenant cases). Kalin has over 6 years of litigation experience in criminal and civil matters. She began her career in Houston, Texas working for a boutique law firm handing both criminal and civil matters including various immigration cases. In 2016 Ms. Cogar moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico and began working as a prosecutor for the First Judicial District of New Mexico District Attorney's Office. In 2018 she joined the Special Victim's Unit prosecution team as a Senior Trial Attorney for the Second Judicial District of New Mexico. In 2020 she made the move to civil litigation and practiced with a nation defense firm before joining Mayer LLP in April of 2022.

In her free time, Kalin enjoys enjoying being in the mountains hiking and/or snowboarding, spending time with her two nephews and her German Shephard-Huskey, traveling, college football and live music.

Services

• Litigation

Education

• South Texas College of Law, J.D., 2013
• Baylor University – B.A. in Journalism/Public Relations with a minor in Communications, 2005

Admissions

• State Bar of New Mexico
• State Bar of Texas
• United States District Court for the District of New Mexico